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Construction Industry Council (United Kingdom)
Company typePrivate company limited by guarantee
Founded1988[1]
HeadquartersThe Building Centre,
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people

Dr Wei Yang (Chairman)
Graham Watts OBE (CEO)
Websitewww.cic.org.uk

Construction Industry Council (CIC) is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the United Kingdom construction industry.[1]

History

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The first proposals for a Building Industry Council were made in 1985 (backed by the Chartered Institute of Building, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers) but came to nothing. A further attempt followed in 1987 with support from the Royal Institute of British Architects, and the BIC was publicly launched on 16 September 1987. However, it was more than a year before a first meeting, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, took place on 1 November 1988.[2] The body was incorporated in May 1999, and with the Institution of Civil Engineers then a member, changed its name to the Construction Industry Council in April 1990.[3]

Activities

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CIC provides a single voice for professionals across the built environment through its collective membership of 500,000 individual professionals and more than 25,000 firms of construction consultants.[1] The breadth and depth of its membership means that CIC (like a small number of other bodies, including Constructing Excellence) can speak with authority on issues connected with construction without being constrained by the self-interest of any particular sector of the industry.

As representative of the views of professionals, it has a seat on the government/industry body, the Strategic Forum for Construction.

Construction Industry Council developed and operates the Design Quality Indicator (DQI) tool to measure the design quality of buildings.

From 2014, CICAIR Limited, a specially created wholly owned subsidiary of CIC, was the sole body authorised to approve Approved Inspectors to undertake building control work in England and Wales.[4] In 2024, responsibility for Approved Inspectors (and Registered Building Control Approvers) was transferred to the Health and Safety Executive; CIC staff working for CICAIR transferred to the HSE.[5]

Organisation

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Construction Industry Council's work is managed on a day-to day basis by a small secretariat which works under the direction of the Chief Executive who is responsible to the Council. The Board acts as the main policy and strategy vehicle of the Council.

Chair

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Chairs of the Building or Construction Industry Council and their terms of office:

In June 2023, Dr Wei Yang[14] became CIC's first female chair. A town planner and past president of the Royal Town Planning Institute, her appointment also put women in the majority on the CIC board.[15][16]

Membership

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The Construction Industry Council has three categories of membership: Full; Associate; and Honorary Affiliate Members.

Full members, as of February 2022,[17] are:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "About Us". The Construction Industry Council. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  2. ^ "Speaking with one voice". New Civil Engineer. 22 October 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "The Construction Industry Council". Companies House. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  4. ^ "CIC launches CICAIR Limited". Construction Industry Council. CIC. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "On 31 March 2024 CICAIR Ltd.’s (“CICAIR”) designation by the Secretary of State in England and the Welsh Minister in Wales, to maintain and operate the Construction Industry Council Approved Inspectors Register (“the Register”) was withdrawn". CICAIR. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ^ CIC appoints Keith Clarke as new Chairman, 11 June 2008
  7. ^ New Chairman for the Construction Industry Council, 10 June 2010
  8. ^ CIC appoints three new members to its leadership team, 10 June 2011
  9. ^ "CIC appoints Tony Burton as its new Chairman". CIC. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  10. ^ "New chairman for Construction Industry Council (4 July 2016)". Planning and Building Control Today. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  11. ^ "CIC looks to Hodder". The Construction Index. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  12. ^ Lowe, Tom (17 June 2020). "CIC lines up successor for chairman's role". Building. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Sullivan becomes CIC chair". The Construction Index. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Dr Wei Yang becomes CIC's first…". Construction Industry Council. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  15. ^ "CIC chooses planner as next chair". The Construction Index. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  16. ^ "CIC Board". Construction Industry Council. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  17. ^ "CIC Members". Construction Industry Council. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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